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Latin Superstars Highlight Poverty Benefit - A lineup of Latin mega-stars including Shakira, Ricky Martin, Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bose and Los Tigres del Norte performed simultaneously on stages in Buenos Aires and Mexico City on Saturday, raising awareness for the needs of poor children in Latin America. Valeria Agis, Buenos Aires; Tere Aguilera, Mexico City

Billboard.com 05/19/2008

Latin stars sing for poor children at concerts- A lineup of Latin mega-stars including Shakira, Ricky Martin and Alejandro Sanz performed simultaneously on stages in Buenos Aires and Mexico City at the weekend, raising awareness for the needs of poor children in Latin America.

By Valeria Agis and Tere Aguilera, Reuters, 05-19-2008

Top artists unite in historic concerts to fight child poverty in Latin America - Colombian pop star Shakira, along with businessmen Carlos Slim and Howard Buffet, and other artists, presents the ‘Concert For The Children’ in Mexico City, Thursday.  New York Daily News 05/17/08

Shakira, other Latin American stars sing for their cause — Not so long ago, Latin American artists who spoke up for social causes often risked prison, exile or far worse.  What a difference a generation makes. On Thursday, a phalanx of Spanish-speaking pop artists headed by Colombian superstar Shakira and Spanish-Italian singer Miguel Bosé gathered here to promote a new initiative to aid Latin America’s millions of poor, malnourished and undereducated children. They were joined by the world’s second-richest man, a top U.S. philanthropist and an international mob of reporters drawn by a potent cocktail of celebrity, money and power, laced with an emerging social conscience.

By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times 05/17/2008

Latin Stars Set For Charity Concerts - When 25 top Latin acts take the stage on May 17 in support of philanthropic organization ALAS, they will be bolstered by a financial commitment of more than $200 million from Mexican millionaire Carlos Slim Helú and philanthropist Howard Buffett.

Leila Cobo, Miami Billboard.biz 05/16/2008

On May 15, several prominent members of ALAS (América Latina en Acción Solidaria) gathered at a press conference in Mexico City to launch a major new initiative to address the needs of Latin America’s most vulnerable children.

Translated as “WINGS” in Spanish, ALAS was founded by Latin America’s most influential artists, intellectuals and business leaders to strengthen and expand both public and private sector support for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs for the region’s children.

Investing in Early Childhood Development (such as health, education and nutrition programs) has proven to be one of the most effective ways to address the overall poverty that currently affects more than 32 million children in Latin America.

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Big Stars Perform At ALAS In Mexico And Argentina! - Next week, on May 17, begins ALAS, El Concierto Por Los Niños, and we have the breaking news of the line-up that will take place in Buenos Aires and Mexico City! Starting with Mexico, fans over there will be graced with the presence of Aleks Syntek, Ana Torroja, Babasonicos, Chayanne, David Bisbal, Diego Torres, Emmanuel, Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Maná, Miguel Bose, Ricardo Montaner, Ricky Martin, Timbiriche and Tania Libertad. This show starts at 5pm en El Zócalo a.k.a La Plaza de la Constitución where only 200,000 fans can come to the venue on a first arrival basis.

Blogamole 05/08/2008

Winged Ambassadors - Live Aid. Live 8. For the past 20-odd years, pop stars with a conscience have been saving the world one mega-concert at a time. On May 17, in Buenos Aires and Mexico City, the most glittering stars of Latin pop will perform a benefit for ALAS — which, in Spanish, stands for Latin American in Solidarity for Action, and also conveniently spells out the word for “wings.”

Celeste Delgado Moli.com 05/08/2008

ALAS Concert Gives Sanz, Calle 13, Ricky Martin , Shakira y Mas Wings - ALAS stands for América Latina en Acción Solidaria and the organization’s mission of strengthening and expanding public and private sector support for Early Childhood Development in Latin America is being supported by two free concerts on May 17th in both Mexico City and Buenos Aires, featuring the hottest names in la musica Latina. the list of participating artists reads like a who’s who of Latin music and is expected to grow in the coming weeks. Artists who have signed on so far are : Alejandro Sanz, Aleks Syntek, Babasónicos, Calle 13, Chayanne, David Bisbal, Diego Torres, Fito Páez, Gustavo Cerati, Jorge Drexler, Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Maná, Miguel Bosé, Paulina Rubio, Ricardo Montaner, Ricky Martin, Shakira and Timbiriche.

VivirLatino 04/21/08